第一,迷你对话
A: I'm so nervous about tomorrow's audition.
明天的表演面试我好紧张。
B: Don't worry, I believe your talent in playing.
别想了,我相信你的才能。
A: If I were a robot, I'd be able to do wonders.
如果是机器,我肯定创造奇迹。
B: What, for example?
比如说?
A: I'd be able to go under the sea and go into the outer space. I wouldn't have to worry about anything.
我就可以上太空下海洋,什么也不用想。
B: But all of these have nothing with an actor, if you want to be, because the robots have no feelings.
如果你想成为一个机器人,那这些和你想当个演员没关系,因为机器人没有感情。
第二,词海拾贝
do wonders: To produce excellent results or be extremely effective, especially unexpectedly. (创造奇迹,取得惊人的成就,对......有神奇的效果)
e.g. Patience and perseverance will do wonders.
耐心和毅力可产生奇迹。
e.g. The people of Lin County really did wonders in building the canal.
林县人民修建这条水渠,的确创造了奇迹。
e.g. Spring water here is one of the best. It did wonders for my back pain when I was here last year. That's why I've come back。
这里的矿泉水很好。我去年来这里治疗背痛,功效神奇,这就是我再次来到这里的原因。
e.g. That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
儿时与父亲夏夜在街区的漫步竟对我的成年产生了奇迹般的影响。
You'll love this new face cream. It does wonders on my wrinkles.
你会喜欢这种新的面霜的。它对我的皱纹有神奇的效果。
Getting the job did wonders for her self-confidence.
得到这份工作大大增强了她的自信心。
第三,语汇积累
1.be nervous about:因......感到紧张,因......担心
e.g. Your sister is always so nervous about what you think of her husband.
你的妹妹时刻都在紧张地担心着你对她丈夫的看法。
e.g. He's nervous about some of the things I want.
他对我想干的事还而担忧。
2.talent in something:在......的才华,才能
e.g. I believe you are talent in music.
我相信你在音乐上有才华。
3.worry about:为......担心
e.g. After liberation we don't have to worry about making a living.
解放后我们不必为生活发愁了。
e.g. I shouldn't worry about a thing like that at your age.
我在你这个年纪,可不为这样的事犯愁。
4.have nothing to do with:与......没有关系,与......没有来往
e.g. My father can have nothing to do with it.
我父亲同这件事毫不相干。
e.g. You have nothing to do with all that time that has gone.
你跟往昔毫无瓜葛。
e.g. Then I, for me,I can have nothing more to do with you.
那么,就我来说,不能再和你有任何交往。
e.g. I will have nothing to do with one who blows hot and cold with the same mouth.
我不愿意和一个好恶无常的人来往。
5.have no feelings:没有感情
E.g. I have no feelings of love left in me.
爱,这种感情我一点也没有了。
e.g. I have no personal feelings against him.
我对他不抱个人恩怨。
6.be able to:可以,能够
e.g. The question is whether he is able to do it alone.
问题是他是否能单独做这件事。
e.g. I believe he is able to tell the true from the false.
我相信他能辨别真伪。